Joel Embiid, Nikola Jokic look to push their teams through to conference finals with Game 6 victories
Two of the dominant players of their generation, Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic have each won MVP awards.Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers and Jokic and the Denver Nuggets are on the brink of getting one round closer if their teams can win a pair of Game 6s on Thursday night.
The odds don’t favour either team. The Celtics are 2-point favourites and the Suns are 3.5-point favourites to each win Game 6, per FanDuel Sportsbook. Jokic, who had 29 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists for his 10th career playoff triple-double in Game 5, said the Nuggets must be ready to match Kevin Durant and Phoenix’s desperation in Game 6.
Embiid has scored 30 points in three straight games after sitting out Game 1 with a sprained right knee. Embiid flashed his MVP form in Game 5 when he ran down Jaylen Brown and blocked his shot from behind. The block snuffed a late Boston rally and coach Doc Rivers called it the “biggest play of the game.”
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